Press for making pipes.



- J. FRASER & T. GRAY.

PRESS FOR MAKING PIPES. APPLIQA IOKPILED MAY 23, 1908.

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PRESS FOR MAKING PIPES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1908.

. Patented Mar. 2, 1909;

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PRESS FOR MAKING PIPES. APPLIUATION FILED MAY 23, 1908.

Patented Mar. 2,1909.

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W l T [V 15 SSE S A T T ORAE YS To all whom itmoy concern:

subgect of the King of Great Britain and Ire- Ian geven squeeze by the dies,

.Press for Making Pipes, of which the followapparatus as unrrn s'rar srnnnr onrion;

JOHN FRASER, OF HACK ENSAGK, AND THOMAS GRAY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

PRESS F0331 MAKING PIPES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed May 23, 1908. Serial Nd. eart Be it known that we, JOHN FRASER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in Hackensack, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, and THOMAS GRAY, a

residing in Paterson, in .the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improved ing is a specification.

1 Our invention .relates to apress or apparatus for squeezing locking bars'on the upset edges of metal plates, which have been reviously bent to shape for making rivet ess construct the apparatus as tofacilitate and to increasethe speed of, the operation of] forming the joints, to get a better and more and to make better joints, and also to diminish the wear and tear on the machinery, and to simplify the latter. These objects we attain by-constructing the hereinafter described, a characteristic feature of our apparatus being to 0 erate on the ipe while in a vertical osition instead of the horizontal position iere- I tofore used in machines of this character.

. scale; Fig. 3 isrespectively of a modified form of guide.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is-a side elevation with the pit in section; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine drawn to a larger 1 a sectional view on the line 33, Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a face view drawn to larger scale, of our improved guiding clamp 1 in place about the finished pipe; Fig. 5 is an I edge view of the clamp; Fig. 6 is a view of one form of adjustable guide; Figs. 7 and 8 are detached views of one of the blocks for said guides; Figs. 9 and 10 are side and edge views As shown in Fig. 1, a pit A is constructed as deep as the longest pipe to he made, and on the foundations, at the mouth of the pit, we mount in a horizontal position the press frame, consisting of two longitudinal (1'O ;s-

heads B and B connected by horizonta' bait;

C, 0, Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The cross-heads 1 B are formed with base flanges b, 7), by which they may be bolted to the ioundations. In the bottom of the pit is erected a flanged foot iece F supporting the vertical tube E, whic carries at its head, within the plane of the horizontal frame mandrel G with the dies or tools H, H to-aid i sheet.

l joints and further facilitating the ham l so that the pipe may tools in the press squeeze up work B, B, and C, C ,,a

I in closing thelooking bars p'over the upset edges of the curved plates to form the tube P, Figs. 2 and 4. One of the crossheads B carries a stationary squeezing tool T to act on the outside of the lock bar opposite one of.

the tools H, H, (in the case shown, H In the other cross-head B is guided a plunger n carrying a squeezing tool T to cooperate on the outside of the pipe P with the squeezing tool H on the inside (Figs. 2 and 3). To actuate the tool T, we have shown a crank or eccentric N on a countershaft S driven from a suitable motor M through gearing 10, 11, 12, 13, and hydraulic clutch 14, 15, Figs. 2 and 3, but we do not Wish to confine ourselves to such means for the operation of the squeezing tool.

The curved steel or other metal sheets with lock bars, from which the pipe is to be formed, may be held togetherin suitable temporary clamps, or may be guided in a guiding clam held in the frame as hereinafter describe The curved sheets and locking bars are swung by chains Q froman overhead crane and passed vertically over the mandrel, and the squeezing tool is actuated to close the lock bar p, Figs. 2 and 3, on the 11 set edges of the This is accomplishet on the locking bars on diametrically opposite sides of the pipe at once through the interposition of the mandrel G carrying the tools H, H.

liViththe view of making more erfect lin of we provide a guic ing the plates and bars,

being formed, and we clamp R for the pipe prefer to mount this be fed through this stationary guiding clamp, as the pipe is oper ated on. No prefer to so construct the clamp as to permit of extra pressure being brought to bear on any diametrical art of clamp upon the frame the tool the pipe where needed, as in the ma ring of these pipes it is found that the plates will often ack the desired true cylindrical form at the longitudinal joints when the squeezing the lock bars.

ifs oar improved clamp hereinafter described, it is possible to relieve the pressure at one point of the diameter and increase it at another, so as to insure the making of perfoot joints.

The clamp consists of a ring R in two parts,

1' and 1", carrying radially adjustable guides with hearing rolls to bear on the tube l? in which the longitudinal joints are being formed by the squeezing of the locking bars 1).

In Figs. 4 and 5, I-have shown the ring separate rom the machine, and with the two parts, 1" and r hinged together at W, and

inner. ends.

70 passing through a to one half of the ring,

parts may be held together-"by the frame of permitting of their being.

the machine, thus firmly held together and providing for free movement in the direction of the squeeze."

In suitable carrying blocks in this ring are radially mounted the threaded. stems of guides V (V having bearing rollers on-their In one form of guide'V, shown separately in Fig. 6, the threaded stem: 17 is mounted to turnfin a block'S, which has trunnions for a pair of bearing rollers 16. The form of threaded carrying block for the threaded stem form of guide V shown separately in Figs. 9 and 10, the threa ded stem 19 is formed at its inner end like a caster with a single ,roller 20.

In this construction the thre'ade stem is not threaded into the bearing or carrying block 21, Fig. 5, but passes freely throu h it, and adjustment is secured'by'mani u'atin' the nuts 22, Fig. 4. 'InFi s. 2 an ,4, We lave shown six of. these radia roller guides, but it will be understood that the number may 'be varied as the diameter of the pipe or other circumstances mayre uire, provided some of these adjustable guir es are sufliciently ad- 'acent to the longitudinal joint or joints that y adjusting such guides inwardly .or out Wardly at the roper points, the edges of the plates may be rought and kept circumferentially true in the grooves of. the lock bars. Often on account of hard spots in a' plate,

causing the plate to be flat for a short distance back from the edge or edges, the upset edge of the plate is liable to touchthebottonr of its groove in the lock bar on one side only, and therefore if the squeeze takes place before this is corrected, it rovides an imperfect joint, liable to break t e lock bar when the pi e is put under internal pressure, or at best, it eaves a leaky spot at the oint. It will be readily seen that by adjusting any one or more of the guides inwardly or outwardly, the pipe mayalways be kept trued up to a pro er cylindrical form an the joints made e1 ect and tightin squeezing the locking liars 1) over the upset edges of the curved piipe plates. At the same time the rollers w 1 allow the pipe to be fed through the clamping ring.

We prefer to provide one of'the halves of the clamping ring with a guide claw X, (Figs.

' 2 and 4), to engage one of the locking bars, so.

as to insure the placing of the I'Olle: bee rings 1t is very easy to mani key lc bearing on shoulders on'the other. whereas with ofthis construction of guide is shown at. 23 in Figs. 7'and 8. In another 25 to the best advantage to act on thecurved plates ofthe pipe, v

-.Some of the advantages ofz'our'press over the horizontal machines heretofore used are that with the combination before described,

it parallel to th'e a'xis o the mandrel, and secure .parallel squeezes on thev lock bara the horizontal; mandrel ma-J chines, it is. very diflicult, if not impossible,-

to manipulate the pipe so as to cause. it to rise along its entire length .uniformly and simultaneously with the movement of. the

tools that press thelock bars, an'dthe squeeze is liable to be notparal lel with the axis of the pipe, so that a leaky joint is apt to" result. To get satisfactory results in'ho1i'zontal ma chines, mechanical complications and great care and skill are requ red, Furthermore, our vertical mandrel is muchzeasier to maintain than is a horizontal pne .of the. great length andjwei'ghtreqluired for the work.

The horizontal mandre only with difficulty, ness isjnec'essary to prevent breaking or gettingout'of alinement. We claim as our'inv'ention j 1. In an apparatus for closing longitudina lock bar pipe joints, means for closingsaid joint and a gu ding clamp for the pipe ar ranged in front of but'adjacent and. stationing the making of the joint, substantially'as described. M v

2. In an apparatus for closing longitudinal. lock bar pipe joints, means for closing said joint. and a guiding clampforthe pipe arranged in front of but adjacent and stationary with relation tosaid closing means'dul v ing the making of the joint, said clamp being provided with means for j res'sing' the edges lock bar pipe joints, comprising a frame,- nian'dr'el and squeezing tools with;adjustable truing means through which" the pi e is caused to travel, said truing means .eing adjacent to the squeezing topls and on-both sides of the lock bar to keep the edges of the plates circumferentially true in the lock barl 4. An apparatus for closing longitudinal tical mandrel and horizontal squeezing tools with means'for suspending the pipe vertitically and allowing it to descend through can be kept in line I and constant watchfulary with 'relation tosaid' closing means'durof the plates true in the ock bar, substantially asdescribed. v

3. -An apparatus for closr'rig longitudinal lock bar pipe'joints, comprising a frame, Ver- I the ma hine, and adjustable truing means Y through which the pipe 1s allowed totravel,

said truing means being adj a'cent to the squeezing tools and 011 both sides of the lock bar, to keep the edges of the plates circumferentially true in the lock bar.

An apparatus for closing longitudinal lock bar pipe joints, comprising a frame with vertical 5 mandrel and horizontal squeezing 70' u'late the pipe, keep tools, in combination with stationary but adjustable truing means through which the ipe is caused to travel, said truing means being adjacent to the squeezing tools and on both sides of the lock bar, to keep the edges of the plates circumferentially true in the lock bar.

6. An apparatus tor ole-sing ti e longitudinel look bar pipe joints, comprising a frame, mandrel and squeezing tools, in combination with stationery but adjustable truing means, some of them adjacent to the longitudinal joint on both sides of the look bar, as and for the purpose described.

7. An apparatus for closing longitudinal lock bar pipe joints, comprising a frame, ver tical mandrel and honzontel squeezing toois, in combination with a stationary guiding clamp having a number of adjustable bear-- ing' means, some of them adiaeent to the longitudinal joints and on both sides of the lock bar, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN FRASER. THOMAS GRAY. Witnesses WALTER Anne,

'M. G. Kern. 

